To make a city that works for everyone, the nonprofit 8 80 cities asks that we start with the perspective of an 8 year old and an 80 year old. Amanda O’Rourke shares how 300 communities have engaged at a human level, prototyped a solution, and then scaled from there.

Government officials and advocates are not enough to make cities safe, healthy, and climate resilient. Liz Sisson from investment firm Urban US shares how she translates between the public and private sectors to help ensure city dwellers benefit from urban tech.

Before John Bauters was an elected official in Emeryville, California, he was an advocate. His work in social justice issues impacts how he approaches his role as a city councilmember and helps him identify tactical ways to achieve change in your community.

To build the economy of the future, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego manages one of our nation’s youngest and fastest growing cities with a long-term focus, a healthy investment in public transit, and the support of key community partners.

Nidhi Gulati’s work at Project for Public Spaces ensures that the needs of vulnerable populations like women, immigrants, and children are prioritized in how we design our cities and their systems, improving life for everyone.

Like access to mobility, access to lifelong learning has the potential to change lives. Lex Dennis of the Drucker Institute shares how they are working with residents of South Bend, IN to build a lifelong learning platform that is “radically accessible.

Jerome Horne’s love for transit started young so perhaps it’s no surprise that he not only rides transit daily, but he serves as IndyGo’s Ridership Experience Specialist. This role gives him a front-row seat for Indianapolis’s total mobility transformation.

If we are going to get where we want to go, Greg Lindsay thinks we’re going to need more than just courage. We’ll also need to keep the best minds in the public sector, new tools to co-design the future, and a reckoning for private sector actors not serving the public interest.

The gradual privatization of the streets and mobility over the last century has Leah Shahum, the founder and director of the Vision Zero Network, breaking down silos to give communities the tools to think more collectively about how people move.

In her policy roles at Lyft and Lime, Emily Castor Warren had a front row seat for two of the fastest technological adoptions in history: ridehailing and micromobility. The biggest challenge? Ensuring city alignment with the goals of these transportation.